Articles by December, 2025

The Sheratsky family — Eyal, Nir, and Gil Sheratsky, owners of Ituran — will ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in honor of the 20th anniversary of Ituran’s IPO. Ituran was first listed on NASDAQ in November 2005

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed a late-night amendment on Tuesday allowing local authorities to raise property taxes (arnona) as they see fit in 2026, effectively abolishing the restrictions previously imposed by former Interior Minister Moshe Arbel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unexpectedly postponed a planned statement on the updated Haredi conscription bill on Tuesday evening, deepening the political storm surrounding what has become one of the most explosive issues confronting his coalition. The Prime Minister’s Office initially scheduled the address for 8:10 p.m., but minutes beforehand announced that “due to scheduling constraints,” it had been postponed. The delay came less than 24 hours after Netanyahu submitted his unprecedented request for presidential clemency to President Yitzhak Herzog

The IDF carried out an airstrike in Khan Yunis on Wednesday evening. Palestinian media reported that six people were killed, including two children, after a drone allegedly fired four missiles at a tent sheltering displaced families near the Kuwaiti Hospital

A panel of Supreme Court justices, headed by Court President Yitzhak Amit, ruled on Wednesday that the appointment of retired judge Yosef Ben Hamo—selected by Justice Minister Yariv Levin to oversee the investigation into the leak in the “Yemen Field” affair—was invalid due to significant flaws in the selection process. The affair is also widely associated with Defence Ministry legal adviser Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unexpected decision to appoint Major General Roman Goffman as the next head of the Mossad has triggered sharp criticism within the intelligence community and raised concerns about internal resignations. The announcement was made earlier today (Thursday) during a cabinet meeting

Supreme Court Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit delivered an unusually sharp rebuke of Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Thursday, accusing him of leading a “broad campaign to undermine judicial independence” as part of efforts to revive elements of the government’s judicial overhaul

Ra’am Chairman Mansour Abbas announced on Saturday evening that the party will soon approve a historic decision to separate its organizational structure from the Islamic Movement and the Shura Council, establishing Ra’am’s institutions as fully independent bodies

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir published a nine-page unclassified document on Friday outlining, for the first time, his conclusions from the IDF’s internal investigations into the October 7 attacks and the review conducted by Maj. Gen. (res.) Sami Turgeman’s oversight committee. The document both accepts the military’s share of responsibility. It sharply underscores the need for an independent, external, and objective state inquiry into the role of the political echelon before and during the events of 7/10

Israel’s government posted an unexpected improvement in its fiscal position: the 12-month deficit through November fell to 4.5% of GDP, a drop of 0.4 percentage points compared to the level recorded in October. The update comes as the government simultaneously approved an increase in the 2025 deficit ceiling to 5.2%, reflecting broader fiscal pressures